Friday, 22 November 2013

Morning Mistakes That Slow Down Metabolism

Morning is the best time to affect one’s metabolism process.
Metabolism is the rate of burning of sugar and release of energy. The
rate at which the energy provided by the food in our system is used up
is determined by our metabolic rate. If the metabolic rate is sluggish
it leads to accumulation of fats and sugars in the system which in turn
leads to weight gain. If you have a high metabolic rate, you will be
able to burn off calories faster and be able to ward off the extra
weight. Metabolic rate is influenced by different factors such as
genetics, weight and age. Even though these factors are out of our
control, there are many ways we can influence our metabolism levels. The
right choices will lead to the metabolism rate firing up or fizzling
down. If you are targeting weight loss, there are certain mistakes which
you might be making resulting in slowing down of the metabolism rate.

Eating Too Late

This is a mistake that many people make. Most people do not have time
to have breakfast when they rushing off to work or to drop the kids off
to school. However, it has been seen that skipping breakfast can be
worse for your health. It makes the metabolism rate slow down for the
day. As the body is not provided adequate amount of food, the brain
signals to the body to conserve energy. Accordingly the fats are stored
up instead of getting burnt off. It is imperative that one eats within
an hour of waking up. That sparks off the metabolic process called
thermogenesis. This turns the food that is eaten into energy. That also
makes it ideal to opt for high protein and even calorie laden food items
during breakfast rather having it for lunch or dinner. If you feel like
having a donut after having an omelet of egg whites, you might as well
pack it in with an early breakfast so that you will burn it off during
the day.

Not Exercising

Research has shown that one keeps burning calories even after 24
hours after workout, especially when one does resistance training form
of exercises. Research also has proven that exercising in the morning
leads to more calories being brunt than exercising at any other time of
the day. Thus, if you wish to get an effective exercise without going at
it for hours, plan a short and quick workout early in the morning. You
could get up and go for a run or a walk as suits your physical activity
need and preference. When you do high intensity cardio interval training
you challenge the fat burning genes more. As a result, the post workout
calorie burn is much more. Doing cardio vascular exercises early in the morning on an empty stomach will prove most effective in reducing fat and weight.

Not Doing Resistance Training

Most people think that resistance training is not for them. They feel
that cardio vascular exercises are enough to keep them fit. While that
is true in most regard, if you wish to develop lean muscles and want to
keep the fat burning process going even after you have stopped
exercising. It would be wiser to start doing strength training. Strength
training involves working with weights but one can even do other forms
of resistance training such as high intensity interval training. That
leads to similar effects as weight lifting exercises. These kinds of
exercises work on the muscle groups and lead to wear and tear. As the
muscles start to recover and rebuild themselves, they burn the fat cells
in order to get energy. During the time when you rest, the muscles are
repairing themselves and burning calories at the same time. Thus, a
metabolism boosting workout even for ten minutes included in one’s
morning exercise routine will keep the calories burning through the day.
These are some of the great ways one can boost their metabolism. If
you are not doing these activities, you are missing out on stepping up
your metabolic rate.

Is weight gain weighing you down? Does it not seem to help no matter
what measures you take? You need to understand the natural processes
within your body with respect to fat burning. The kind of food that
helps to burn fat, increase the metabolic rate more need to be known in
order to affect weight loss. Again, eating the right food at the right
time as well as doing the right amount of physical activity will keep
the metabolism active. Even if you are born with a sluggish metabolism,
you could do many things to step it up and make it work to your
advantage in order to help you lose the fat and keep off the extra
weight.